My Dua Ahad Story

[La fata illa Ali]

(bismillah)

(salam) w/r w/b:

I promised a member on SC I would tell this story so here goes.

Since about February 2011, I have tried to recite dua Ahad for 40 mornings. Each time I tried, I failed to wake up for Fajr at about the two to two and half week mark. Everytime I was dissapointed with myself.

If I couldn't get to pray fajr for 40 days then forget about Dua Ahad, I had bigger problems.

Nonetheless, I continued to struggle, continued to try and recite dua Ahad 40 mornings in a row...kept failing.

Even though I came home from University, there were mornings that my whole family would fail to wake up for fajr...A really sad state of affairs.

On Tuesday June 7th, I didnt not wake up for fajr...I had failed again. I recited the qaza of fajr at 11 am and for the first time said,

"Ya Allah, without ur tawfeek, is it possible for this task ever to be accomplished? Ya Allah adrikini!"

khair, I woke up for Fajr on Wed, June 8th...and the next day, and the day after that, and so on and so forth till I hit July 3rd. I realized that Alhamdulilah, I had done a good job for waking up for fajr, Also my family had also not missed a single fajr since Wed, June 8th, and I had also recited dua Ahad on every morning since Wed, June 8th. I knew, that this would not have been accomplished without Allah (aj) granting me the tawfeek to do so.

Curiosity overcame me and having the knowledge that I hadnt missed dua Ahad since June 8th, I wanted to see the date of the '40th day' of my endeavour would be.

By Allah (aj), to whom all the Glory, praise, and thanks belongs, I realized that my '40th day' would be none other than the morning of 15 SHA'BAAN ITSELF!!!!!!! (Sun, July 17th)

I promise all of u that I didnt plan for it to be like this. I only figured out on July 3rd that this would be the result and I was over joyed.

I am happy to state and share this good news with all of you that I didnt miss fajr prayer or dua Ahad from June 8th to July 17th and still counting. Inshallah, till the day I depart this world, I hope Allah (aj) will grant me the tawfeek never to miss fajr or dua Ahad ever again.

Ilahiameen.

Shukran for taking the time to read this.

Some of you will be feeling a sense of divine intervention and planning took place.

Some of you will feel that it was luck.

And still yet, some of you will feel that it was pure hard work.

What you think it is, I leave you with two verses of the quran:

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YUSUFALI: This is an admonition: Whosoever will, let him take a (straight) Path to his Lord.

PICKTHAL: Lo! this is an Admonishment, that whosoever will may choose a way unto his Lord.

SHAKIR: Surely this is a reminder, so whoever pleases takes to his Lord a way.

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YUSUFALI: But ye will not, except as Allah wills; for Allah is full of Knowledge and Wisdom.

PICKTHAL: Yet ye will not, unless Allah willeth. Lo! Allah is Knower, Wise.

SHAKIR: And you do not please except that Allah please, surely Allah is Knowing, Wise;

(wasalam) w/r w/b:

La fata illa Ali

Edited July 19, 2011 by La fata illa Ali

[-Enlightened]

(salam)

I enjoyed reading your post.

may Allah grant you tawfeek today,tomorrow..for the next 40 days and forever .

:)

[MGW]

lucky ... god bless

[Shia_Debater]

(wasalam)

SubhanAllah, InshaAllah Allah (swt) will grant you tawfeek for ever and I wish Allah (swt) would answer my Duas :( plz pray for me bro

[Hamzi]

Subanallah good luck Brother and very nice story

[Nimra]

Thank you for posting bro.. You are right about Toufeeq.

We cant do any thing good except for that is toufeeq from Allah so it leaves no room to get proud of our good work.

Eltemaase dua bro.

[Philip]

Very nice :) mashAllah

Very good omen ..

(salam)

[billy187]

Mashallah. Good work. Just one question though. Shouldn't it be compulsory to use alarm clocks and mobile phone alarms to wake up for fajr. Is there really an excuse for not waking up???

[La fata illa Ali]

Mashallah. Good work. Just one question though. Shouldn't it be compulsory to use alarm clocks and mobile phone alarms to wake up for fajr. Is there really an excuse for not waking up???

Absolutely no excuse for not waking up. But their is the expectation and then there is reality. And the reality was that sometimes, I didn't wake up, for what ever reason.

[Philip]

Mashallah. Good work. Just one question though. Shouldn't it be compulsory to use alarm clocks and mobile phone alarms to wake up for fajr. Is there really an excuse for not waking up???

Salam alekum brother billy187

I read in several ahadeeth concerning the golden age that there will be no more alarms or people waking up without wanting to wake up.

To me personally this is the single most attractive thing to look forwards to. No stress! Not sure how sahih the hadith is, however it makes sense .. And I already try to live by this sunnah.

Let's start planning for the golden age guys.

In 'the art of war' book it says something really cool:

Along the lines of .. "in times of peace prepare for war and in times of war prepare for peace"

Currently globally speaking we are time of war. May Allah bring victory to peace, harmony and love.

Thanks and (salam)

Edited July 19, 2011 by Philip

[Hameedeh]

(bismillah)

(wasalam)

Brother, thank you for sharing your story. It made me cry to read about your sincere prayer and Allah's blessing to answer your prayer. Allah bless you and your family. May we all be able to read Du'aa Ahad forty days consecutively, inshaAllah. eltemaase du'aa

[ali313]

(wasalam)

SubhanAllah, InshaAllah Allah (swt) will grant you tawfeek for ever and I wish Allah (swt) would answer my Duas :( plz pray for me bro

Do not give up hope if the answer to your request is slow in coming, for surely what you receive depends on the strength of your request.

~IMAM ALI IBNE ABI TALIB (A.S)~

[Ya Baqiyatullah (aj)]

Imam (as) is always aware of our condition, May Allah bless you further

[La fata illa Ali]

Shukran for the wonderful comments.

[Philip]

Shukr liLah brother :)

[Shia_Debater]

Do not give up hope if the answer to your request is slow in coming, for surely what you receive depends on the strength of your request.

~IMAM ALI IBNE ABI TALIB (A.S)~

JazakAllah Khair for that quote bro makes me feel happy :D

[Aly ReZa]

Bro u r very lucky because of ur hardwork and deeds

May Allah grant more blessings on u n give u sucess in each and every path of ur life

Please remember us also in ur prayers

Wassalam

Khuda hafiz

[ali313]

Shukran for the wonderful comments.

(bismillah)

(salam)

What is your personal experience after reciting Dua E Ahad for 40 mornings...can you share with us???? Thanks!

May Allah Bless you a lot on your success ... :)

[wayfarer.]

(salam)

Jazakallah for sharing your experience. I suffered the same problem that you had, I always began with a fresh niyyat to complete dua e ahad for 40 consecutive days but missed fajar prayer and then had to start again. And then the same experience with ziayarate a aashura. I had reached probably 30 consecutive days on which I had recited ziyarate e aashura, and then there came a day when I lost the chance to recite it. May Allah s.w.t grant us perseverence and make us more strong in our convictions to be able to make it through 40 days and beyond inshallah.

(wasalam)

[La fata illa Ali]

(bismillah)

(salam)

What is your personal experience after reciting Dua E Ahad for 40 mornings...can you share with us???? Thanks!

May Allah Bless you a lot on your success ... :)

Well, nothing magical happened of course, life continued as normal, but I definately have more of a awareness of Imam (atfs) and his arrival.

[islamicdaddy]

(bismillah)

(salam)

Thanks for sharing dear bro! May Allah include you and everyone who was happy upon reading this with the 313 helpers of our last Imam (as).

So we would not just see him in visions, long for him in du'a but stand next to him and follow his orders thoroughly!

Allah sure opens the door for the one who keeps knocking on it!

ma'a salama,

Ihsaan

[ahlulbaytfollower]

If you recite last last ayat of sura Kahf, and make the intention to wake up at x time, Guarenteed you will wake up. Worked for me.

[Ruq]

Mashallah! i can imagine how made up you were when you realised it would be the 15th alhamdullillah, i was reading about dua ahad only last night.

[siti]

salam,

Alhamdulillah :) may Allah grant all of success to get closer to Him...

thanks 4 sharing the stories n congratulation! May Allah grant u the strength to maintain n keep improving the relationship with Imam!

[Legendary]

beautiful may Allah bless you and your family :)

[Shieflower]

(bismillah)  (salam) This made tears in my eyes.

May Allah bless you and your family InshAllah

Do not give up hope if the answer to your request is slow in coming, for surely what you receive depends on the strength of your request.
~IMAM ALI IBNE ABI TALIB (A.S)~

[Noorelhussain]

:'( Mash'Allah brother, your story is beautiful.. May Allah swt give us all the tawfeeq to recite Dua Ah'd, Insha'Allah.

[Syeda R]

Asalamoalaikum, subhanAllah your story is inspiring and encouraging as it reminds us all to never give up on the mercy of Allah (SWT) no matter how ashamed we are. Shaytan sometimes does betray man.

May Allah bless you and may you never miss any namaz or dua ahad again. Please keep all the Muslims in your duas and also this sister. Thankyou and Fiamanillah!

[shiahislamicdawamission]

as salamu alaykum,

 

me and my husband try to do it after each prayer, however the first time we did the 40 days together was Ramadan, the first year we had Muhammad, he was about 6 months, and he would be sleep at the time of fajr. when he got older we did it a second time and he would run out and hit his side, it was cute. he would say when the imam as comes he wants to share cookies with him when he was 2.

 

ya hussayn always